18th September is the birthday of the former England football goalkeeper, Peter Shilton OBE. His 30-year career included spells at 11 clubs starting with Leicester City. He played more than 1,000 league games, including in excess of 100 for five different clubs. His most successful time was at Nottingham Forest, where he won many honours, including two European Cups, a UEFA Super Cup, the First Division championship, and the Football League Cup.

Shilton represented England at the FIFA World Cup in 1982, 1986 and 1990, and the UEFA European Championship in 1980 and 1988. Despite not making his World Cup finals debut until the age of 32, Shilton has played in 17 finals matches, and shares the record of 10 clean sheets in World Cup finals matches with French goalkeeper Fabien Barthez.

He holds the all-time record for the most competitive appearances in world football (1,390), and, with 125 caps, Shilton is also the England national team's most-capped player.

He told me how his career began at Leicester City when he was spotted as a schoolboy.